East Charleton commands a high, watchful position above the shifting tides of the South Hams. It lies 2.0 miles east-south-east of Kingsbridge (from Kingsbridge: bearing 113°T, OS grid SX 764 428), and is situated west of Frogmore village. Salt-laden air travels inland from the coast to brush against the ancient, humped earthworks of the Three Bowl Barrows 310M West Of Home Farm, which remain as silent sentinels of a forgotten age. East Charleton keeps its back to the wind, its stone walls absorbing the pale, persistent sunlight that defines this corner of Devon. Below the slopes, the brackish waters of Frogmore Creek carve deep, sinuous channels through the mudflats, reflecting the grey-blue temperament of the sky. The landscape here possesses a quiet gravity, where the heavy silence of the barrows contrasts with the rhythmic, tidal pulse of the estuary. Farmers still work the surrounding fields with a persistence that mirrors the slow, geological patience of the land itself. Such endurance marks East Charleton as a place where the modern world feels distant, filtered through the thick, green leaves of the hedgerows.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for East Charleton, Devon, England, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, real-time aviation weather (METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport), precipitation radar and Meteosat satellite imagery. Public safety alerts are sourced from the Met Office National Severe Weather Warning Service (NSWWS), covering wind, rain, snow, ice, fog, thunderstorm and extreme heat warnings. Coastal tide gauge readings are sourced from the Environment Agency National Tide Gauge Network in near real-time (15-minute updates), with marine wave and sea surface temperature data from the Open-Meteo Marine API. Soil temperature, soil moisture and evapotranspiration data are provided for agricultural planning in this hamlet. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for East Charleton includes coordinates 50.272346, -3.735539, in the county of Devon, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of East Charleton is available on the East Charleton map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the Devon weather hub.
Weather data is sourced from the Met Office and the open-source Open-Meteo API, whose ensemble includes the Met Office UKMO model. Severe weather warnings come from the Met Office National Severe Weather Warning Service (NSWWS). River level and tidal data are sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring and National Tide Gauge Network APIs. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov, with a modelled estimate shown where no reporting station is in range. Radar is provided by RainViewer and satellite imagery by EUMETSAT. All data updates automatically on every page visit.